Sturdivant-Sawyer House


Sturdivant-Sawyer House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Location	707 Drake Ave. Centerville, Iowa
Coordinates	40°43′41″N 92°52′20″W / 40.72806°N 92.87222°W / 40.72806; -92.87222Coordinates: 40°43′41″N 92°52′20″W / 40.72806°N 92.87222°W / 40.72806; -92.87222
Area	1.2 acres (0.49 ha)
Built	1903
Architectural style	Colonial Revival Italian Villa
NRHP Reference #	84001202^[1]
Added to NRHP	January 12, 1984

Sturdivant-Sawyer House is a historic residence located in Centerville, Iowa, United States. The house was built by Francis M. Drake, a former Governor of Iowa and founder of Drake University in Des Moines, as a wedding gift for his daughter Mary Drake Sturdivant.^[2] The Sturdivants owned house until 1908, and then again from 1914 to 1917. J. L. Sawyers, a Drake son-in-law, used the house as a medical clinic from 1908 to 1914 while he resided in the Drake House. Frank S. Payne bought the house in 1917. He was a local attorney who served two terms in the Iowa General Assembly, was president of Iowa Southern Utilities Company, and president of the Centerville National Bank. His wife, Grace, served in the leadership of various local women's organizations.

The house features Colonial Revival stylistic elements on a structure that follows an Italian Villa-type plan.^[2] Its most striking features are the two cyrtostyle porches with balconies above on the north and west elevations. The main facade on the west features a Palladian window above the porch. The basement-level garage was added sometime before 1924, and the sun porch above it was added in the mid-1950s. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
1 2 James E. Jacobsen. "Sturdivant-Sawyer House" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-03-01.

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National Register of Historic Places in Appanoose County, Iowa

Centerville	Appanoose County Courthouse Appanoose County Sheriff's House and Jail CB&Q Passenger Depot Courthouse Square Historic District Drake Public Library Porter Hall Second Baptist Church Stratton House Sturdivant-Sawyer House U.S. Post Office Vermilion Estate

Moravia	Wabash Combination Depot-Moravia

Seymour	Franklin Regular Baptist Church

See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Appanoose County, Iowa and List of National Historic Landmarks in Iowa

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